Transportation News & Views

Heads up to our evening commuters who ride the Metro Gold Line: this week, starting Sunday, March 1 through Thursday March 5, the Gold Line will run every 30 minutes between Union Station and Pasadena to accommodate essential track maintenance. Trains will arrive every 10 minutes between Union Station and [continue reading]

Members of the Metro Speakers Bureau are available this spring to talk with children and young people about careers at Metro. Grade school is not too early to start! Metro employs more than 9,000 full-time staff, including bus and train operators, mechanics and maintenance people, clerks, bus and rail transportation [continue reading]

All five Service Councils will be holding their March meetings at their usual times, dates and locations. As mentioned in last month’s article, this will be the last meeting for the Westside/Central Service Council in Beverly Hills before moving their meetings to the Metro headquarters, which is adjacent to Union [continue reading]

Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Today’s Zocalo Public Square profile of a Metro rider: All the essentials–and a book, Third Street to Hollywood Boulevard Spending on rail safety crossings varies [continue reading]

We’ve posted survey results the last few years. The latest results are in the above nifty infographic. The results aren’t terribly different to previous surveys. (Here are the three previous surveys: 2014, 2013, 2012). A few observations from myself and the survey team: •This is the second year in a row that Metro [continue reading]

Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Today’s Zocalo Public Square profile [continue reading]

Metro is hosting a Meet the Primes event on Thursday, March 12. Participants will be able to meet and network with the prime contractors who work on Metro’s projects. Staff will also be on hand to explain the latest on on Metro’s user friendly Vendor Portal and the Public Works Contract [continue reading]

UPDATE: Work on the Blue Line stations has been postponed due to forecasted wind/rain. Trains will serve all stations this weekend. Please check back for further updates regarding next week’s [continue reading]